After a year of evaluating more than 4,000 food products and wines, as well as the selection of 2,000 wines for the guide The WineHunter Award , President and WineHunter Helmuth Köcher is pleased to announce the winners of the Plantinum Award, the highest honour of the Merano WineFestival. Here are the contenders for the PLATINUM... Continue Reading →

This is our interview with Mr. Giorgio BOSCHIS, co-owner of Ass. Agr. E. Pira e Figli, after tasting their 1994 Barolo, at the BA & BA Vintage Masterclass. We decided to go further in their world after having a magical experience, tasting the evolution and savoring the full 23 years of experience history, territory, and... Continue Reading →

For as much as I love home cooking, and for as much as I am still poor and can’t afford michelin starred restaurants every day, every so often my boyfriend and I break the rule and treat our selves to a lunch by chef Viviana Varese in his restaurant in Alice. "C'era una volta" is... Continue Reading →

Escape in Chianti, Part I "No Fear" If you are in Greve, in Chianti, and you start to feel a bit peckish, which is that subtle “I'm not hunger but fancy something good" or it works the same even if "at lunch a sandwich and now my hunger has made me blind" (thank you television for... Continue Reading →